Money was tight for twelve-year-old me: allowance, what I could get mowing lawns, that’s about it. Used record stores didn’t exist, at least not in Spartanburg, and new records were expensive. Enter the […]
21. Who Are You?
20. This One Goes Out to the Ones I Left Behind
My first scribblings as a forty-four year old man. Sitting in an airport 6:50 a.m., legal pad and Uniball pen, Pete Townshend’s “I’m One” on the headphones. Halfway to eighty-eight, that being ten […]
19. Who Can Go the Distance?
I am unsettled. Sitting again in this restaurant, but there are no corner tables to be found. A few months ago I would have stood distraught in the center of the dining […]
Deep Cuts: Eight Reasons To Reconsider KISS
Sure, they were campy, their lyrics were juvenile, and they weren’t really that good, but every discography has its nuggets. Here in no particular order are eight reasons to give KISS a […]
18. If Never I Met You
KISS released Unmasked shortly after my thirteenth birthday. I begged my sister to drive me to the record store the day it was released. Brand new KISS! I couldn’t wait to get […]
17. Like A World Without Sun
The cool kid at Holden’s Chapel Middle School was Chuck Morris. He had a dirt bike, never took a turn on the twirly slide, and flirted with Lisa’s mother every afternoon when […]
16. Your Lightnin’s All I Need
“Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.” – Gene Simmons My first KISS sighting was in 1976 in the Chicago Tribune. It was a feature […]
15. A Rambling Prologue To A Long Overdue Post
Growing up there were three of us kids, and our first allowance was tiered 50/35/25 cents, oldest to youngest. At age seven a quarter per week was fine by me. That was […]
14. What Time Is It?
The deeper I get into this little exercise the more I recognize that there aren’t distinct epochs inherent to one’s own musical soundtrack. The development of musical taste isn’t a linear continuum where […]
13. Never Before Have I Turned On You
Ted Nugent is a bit of a cartoon character today. With his hunting shows, Fox News appearances, and general lack of ability to possess an unspoken thought, he’s either hero or embarrassment to […]
Why It Matters 